Mrs. Doug called and reported that Bro. Dale will be having his stitches taken out tomorrow. Also, soon they will be meeting with an ENT about taking the trach out! They are trying to get an appointment set up. They might be able to get that done in Tupelo, if there is time before he goes to Jackson. They capped off the trach this morning around 9 and left it capped until about 4. They will be having a meeting of the whole team on Friday and hopefully will find out if he is ready for the referral to the Methodist Rehab in Jackson. He does still have the feeding tube in but he is only taking his medications with it. Hopefully they will be able to take it out soon also. They kept him in rehab today a long time today. And when he got back today, he wasn't as tired as he has been. But he did work up a big appetite!
Mrs. Doug said he made her a Valentine today in rehab with red construction paper and a white heart doily. With a black ink pen they had him fill in the heart and write "I Love You. -Dale" He was really proud to give it to her. She told him it was the most special Valentine she'd ever gotten and he teared up when she said that.
Continue to pray for Bro. Dale and Mrs. Doug, especially as they gear up for a new stage of recovery. Pray for Mrs. Doug to have strength and wisdom as she continues to travel back and forth and tries find balance between work, home and being by Bro. Dale's side. As he is becoming more aware of everything, it's that much harder for them to be apart. We thank God for their example of love and commitment "in sickness and in health." What a blessing they are to us and each other. And we thank God for His deep love for us.
"3 He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
4 Surely he took up our pain
and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to our own way;
and the LORD has laid on him
the iniquity of us all....
12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,
and he will divide the spoils with the strong,
because he poured out his life unto death,
and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors." Isaiah 53:3-6, 12
"8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8
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